Arts on Sunday

Late artist George Simon with one of his paintings

Celebrating Amerindian Art

In the month when the Guyanese nation celebrates its Amerindian heritage, we pause for a brief gaze at an important part of that heritage – Guyanese Amerindian Art. 

The cover of Earl Lovelace’s novel Salt depicts a man flying across the ocean

African derived myths that appear in literature and life

Last week’s 1823 Bi-Centennial Cultural Festival and Concert, one of a series of theatrical events staged by the Government of Guyana to commemorate the 185th Anniversary of Emancipation and the 200th Anniversary of the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion, stimulated a brief analysis of African-derived performance traditions and venues in the Caribbean.

Remembering Egbert ‘Leo’ Martin

The Poet                                                            The poet is a magician, The philosopher’s stone is his; It turns all baser metals To priceless rarities.

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